Put together the "Perfect" player

[Tennis_Maestro]

If you had to compile together your own personal tennis player using professional’s strokes / physical and mental attributes, who would you use?

Here is mine….

Serve – Pete Sampras (Goran comes very close)

Forehand – Roger Federer

Backhand – Roger Federer

Backhand Volley – Tim Henman

Forehand Volley – Stefan Eddberg

Smash – Pete Sampras

Backhand Smash – Roger Federer

Return of Serve - Andre Aggasi

Speed – Rafeal Nadal

Strength – James Blake

Agility - Paradorn Srichaphan

Balance – Roger Federer

Heart/Passion – Canas

Stamina – Canas (Murray if the steroids rumour is true)

Mental focus – Andre Agassi

[Heavy Metal Tennis Star]

Roger Federer, enough said, hahaha i like how blake and henman made the list, lmao!

[Tennis_Maestro]

Originally Posted by Heavy Metal Tennis Star

Roger Federer, enough said, hahaha i like how blake and henman made the list, lmao!

I'm talking in regards to "weapons" here. Henman's weapon is his volley and Blake's is his power of shot.

Federer in your opinion is perfection all around, i will concede he probably has the closest game to being perfect but when you compare some of his shots and attributes to other great players, he doesn't always come out first best.

[0d1n]

M. Stich with a Sampras or Federer type of head on his shoulders. THIS is enough said .
Federer is pretty close to "ideal" as well.

Edit. By the way the Sampras smash was average considering the greatness of his serve. He missed quite a few of those...people just think smash = Sampras because of the "slam dunk".

[charlottefromca]

Serve - Serena

Forehand - Davenport

Backhand - Henin

Mental Focus - Serena

Speed - Venus (at her best)

Face - Kournikova

[Heavy Metal Tennis Star]

Originally Posted by Tennis_Maestro

I'm talking in regards to "weapons" here. Henman's weapon is his volley and Blake's is his power of shot.

Federer in your opinion is perfection all around, i will concede he probably has the closest game to being perfect but when you compare some of his shots and attributes to other great players, he doesn't always come out first best.

lol henmans weapons and blakes weapons are not good enough to win slams so they shouldnt be even considered, thanks for the laugh tho.

[0d1n]

Originally Posted by charlottefromca

Serve - Serena

Forehand - Davenport

Backhand - Henin

Mental Focus - Serena

Speed - Venus (at her best)

Face - Kournikova

I would add ***** - Kirilenko and b00bs - Jelena Dokic ...now...isn't that better ?

[drakulie]

Here is mine….

Serve – Pete Sampras

Forehand – Roger Federer

Backhand – Agassi

Volley – Mcenroe

Smash – Pete Sampras

Return of Serve - Andre Aggasi

Speed – Rafeal Nadal

Agility - Yanick Noah

Balance – Roger Federer

Heart/Passion – Connors

Stamina – Courier

Mental focus – Bjorn Borg

[omniexist]

Originally Posted by 0d1n

M. Stich with a Sampras or Federer type of head on his shoulders. THIS is enough said .
Federer is pretty close to "ideal" as well.

Edit. By the way the Sampras smash was average considering the greatness of his serve. He missed quite a few of those...people just think smash = Sampras because of the "slam dunk".

Oh, I'd take Pete's slam dunk smashes any day.

[LowProfile]

Backhand smash = Tony Trabert.

Without a doubt.

[fluffy Beaver]

Originally Posted by Heavy Metal Tennis Star

lol henmans weapons and blakes weapons are not good enough to win slams so they shouldnt be even considered, thanks for the laugh tho.

just wow, you know nothing about tennis or even this topic. Henman has AWESOME vollies while Black has AMAZING power. These are THEIR special attributes. Since when does winning a slam have anything to do with how good a player is at a certain aspect? Apparently your logic is saying something like Goran Ivanisevic has a mediocre serve since he's only won one slam.

[Tennis_Maestro]

Originally Posted by drakulie

Here is mine….

Serve – Pete Sampras

Forehand – Roger Federer

Backhand – Agassi

Volley – Mcenroe

Smash – Pete Sampras

Return of Serve - Andre Aggasi

Speed – Rafeal Nadal

Agility - Yanick Noah

Balance – Roger Federer

Heart/Passion – Connors

Stamina – Courier

Mental focus – Bjorn Borg

Interesting, i completely forgot about Mcenroe's volleying. Courier could definetely go for long, that guy had legs of steel and a cardiovascular system second to none.

[Tennis_Maestro]

Originally Posted by Heavy Metal Tennis Star

lol henmans weapons and blakes weapons are not good enough to win slams so they shouldnt be even considered, thanks for the laugh tho.

You're an ignorant Federer arse licker fanatic. Get over him.

[Tennis_Maestro]

Originally Posted by fluffy Beaver

just wow, you know nothing about tennis or even this topic. Henman has AWESOME vollies while Black has AMAZING power. These are THEIR special attributes. Since when does winning a slam have anything to do with how good a player is at a certain aspect? Apparently your logic is saying something like Goran Ivanisevic has a mediocre serve since he's only won one slam.

Well said, and thank you. Federer obsessives need to take notice there are other players out there.

[KingOfTennis]

yea i love Federers backhand smash. its amazing

[prosealster]

Serve – Woodbridge
Forehand – Edberg

Backhand – Rusedski

Volley – Portas

Smash – Portas

Return of Serve - Arthurs

Speed – Philippoussis

Strength – Santoro

Balance – Karlovic

Heart/Passion – Volkov

Stamina – Blake

Mental focus – Safin

Serve - Karol Kucera or Guillermo Coria

Return of Serve - Wesley Moody

Forehand - David Sanguinetti

Backhand - Justin Gimelstob

Volleys - Andy Roddick

Speed - Gianluca Pozzi

Mental - Marcelo Rios

Heart/Passion - Marcelo Rios

[jktennis59]

Sampras (serve & volley) +
Agassi (forehand) +
Kuerten (1HBH) +
Hewitt (mental, speed) +
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Roger Federer

[Swissv2]

McEnroe volley for the current game? ahhh..don't know about that.

[Heavy Metal Tennis Star]

Originally Posted by Tennis_Maestro

You're an ignorant Federer arse licker fanatic. Get over him.

hahahahahahaha stop it, just stop it hahahahaha, u funny, funny feller.